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Pūrākau is a children's animated series of story time focused on Māori Myths and Legends.
. Today's pūrākau is about one of the most precious treasures of Aotearoa, the pounamu, commonly known as greenstone. This is the story of the beautiful Waitaiki and the taniwha Poutini.
Todays episode is the story of how the name ‘Hokianga Whakapau Karakia’ came to be.
Today, Pūrākau takes us to the south island of Aotearoa, to the legend of Rākaihautū and his digging tool.
Today we meet the ancestor of Waitākere in west Auckland, known as Tiriwa. Be mesmerised by the magical powers of Tiriwa and learn about one of the most famous islands in the Hauraki Gulf.
. Today's pūrākau is about one of the most precious treasures of Aotearoa, the pounamu, commonly known as greenstone. This is the story of the beautiful Waitaiki and the taniwha Poutini.
. Today we journey with Kahupeka, a healer from the Waikato region who many places were named after.
. Today’s pūrākau is about the heroine Wairaka and the events around how Whakatāne township was named.
. Today’s pūrākau takes place in the far north. It is the legend of Rāhiri, his sons and the sacred kite known as Tūhoronuku.
Today’s purakau is the Maori story of how geothermal energy came to Aotearoa. We will follow the footsteps of Ngatoro-i-rangi and his sisters Kuiwai and Haungaroa.
Haara is a woman who talks to birds and lives in the great forest of Puketi. Her closest friends areTui and Kaka, together they find medicinal plants to heal the people.
. Today’s legend is from the Te Arawa people. It is the story of the ancestor Rangiwhakaekeau and his son Rangiteaorere who posed the phrase, ‘He kotahi nā Tūhoe, e kata te pō’.
. Te Houtaewa of Te Kao is legendary! He is known to be the fastest runner of his time.
. Today’s Pūrākau will help us to understand the meaning behind the famous saying of Ngāti Whakaue ancestors, Tūnohopū and Te Roro-o-te-rangi "Ruia taitea, ruia taitea kia tū ko taikākā anake
